Ajax Definition
ājăks
noun
The son of Telamon of Salamis and a warrior of great stature and prowess who fought against Troy.
American Heritage
A strong, brave Greek warrior in the Trojan War who kills himself when Achilles' armor is given to Odysseus.
Webster's New World
The son of Ileus of Locris and a warrior of small stature and arrogant character who fought against Troy.
American Heritage
One of the swiftest runners among the Greek warriors in the Trojan War.
Webster's New World
pronoun
(computing) A group of techniques for creating interactive Web applications, in which applications can retrieve data from the server asynchronously in the background without interfering with the display and behavior of the existing page.
Wiktionary
(Greek mythology) Either of two heroes of the Trojan War.
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(sports) Ajax Amsterdam.
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A ghost town in Utah.
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Origin of Ajax
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From Latin Aiāx, from Ancient Greek Αἴας (Aias).
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Short for asynchronous JavaScript and XML.
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Phonetic similarity to ace jack.
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